Author: Liane Curtis
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Monday Link Round Up: December 6, 2021
The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Yannick Nézet Séguin, performs Florence Price’s Symphony No. 3 in a Digital Stage performance on Wednesday, December 8. The concert is then available for on-demand access until Dec. 15. Also on the program is Amanda Harberg’s Piccolo Concerto, with Erica Peel, soloist. Florence Price is also in the news as a…
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Monday Link Round Up: November 22, 2021
Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd honored feminist activist Betty Friedan (pictured) in a new composition commissioned and premiered by the Peoria Symphony Orchestra. Born in Peoria 100 years ago. The work featured lyrics drawn from Friedan’s influential work, The Feminine Mystique. The rest of the concert was entirely music by Boyd, including her 2018 work “Sheltering…
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Monday Link Round Up: September 13, 2021
News and music to start your week! The New York Times has an extensive feature of composer, violinist and teacher Jessie Montgomery, pictured above. Montgomery is one of the leading contemporary composers of 2021, with hundreds of performances in large and small ensembles, a residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and a commission calendar booked…
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Link Round-Up: August 16, 2021
Start your week with our look at the news! The Bard Music Festival transfixed us with its many amazing concerts, focusing on Nadia Boulanger and Her World. And while the live concerts are over, the preconcert lectures remain available, as is this panel discussion (featuring Festival Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Jeanice Brooks.) And we hope some of…